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PRB: "Cannot activate OLE Server" or "Moniker cannot open file"

Article ID: 168054

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

-or-

Create a table with a general field.
Add a new record.
In the command window issue the following command: APPEND GENERAL <field> FROM "C:\Windows\Cars.bmp" LINK -or-

Select Insert Object from the Edit menu. Click "Create from File," check the Link box, and then click on the Browse button to find the file.
Rename Cars.bmp to xxxxcars.bmp.
Open the general field and double-click the image.

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